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On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare — a UnitedHealth subsidiary processing roughly one-third of US healthcare payment claims — was attacked by BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware. The shutdown crippled pharmacy fulfillment, claims processing, and revenue cycle management nationwide for weeks. UnitedHealth disclosed the breach affected approximately 190M Americans, making it the largest US healthcare breach on record. UnitedHealth has reported $2.87B in direct costs as of FY2024 reports; sector-wide downstream costs (pharmacy cash-flow disruption, hospital revenue gaps, delayed care) are not consolidated. The incident demonstrates the systemic-risk profile of healthcare clearinghouses.
CDK Global (2024)EventCDK Global (2024)On June 18, 2024, CDK Global — the dealer-management-system provider for ~15,000 North American auto dealerships — was attacked by BlackSuit ransomware. A second attack on June 19 disrupted recover...NotPetya (2017)EventNotPetya (2017)NotPetya was a destructive malware attack disguised as ransomware, deployed June 27, 2017 via a compromised update to M.E.Doc, a Ukrainian tax accounting software. Although it targeted Ukraine, it ...
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Indiana AI Healthcare DisclosurePolicyIndiana AI Healthcare DisclosureRequires healthcare professionals and insurers to disclose AI use in healthcare decisions and patient communications. One of the first state laws targeting AI transparency in healthcare specifically.